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Tarucus theophrastus
| Pointed Pierrot | |
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| Museum specimens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tarucus |
| Species: | T. theophrastus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hesperia theophrastus Fabricius, 1793 | |
Tarucus theophrastus, the common tiger blue, pointed Pierrot or African Pierrot, is a small butterfly found in the Old World tropics. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
This is the type species of the genus Tarucus.
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